I’m eyeing one of these for my next laptop.
I am almost ready for a new laptop, and all of mine run Ubuntu already. I hate Windows, if it wasn’t for Quickbooks for my business, I would never use it.
I tried loading Linux on an older Windows XP desktop without success. Didn’t want to spend the time to figure out why it wasn’t working, I know just enough about computers to frustrate myself. I would be interested in a pre-loaded laptop like this.
I had 2 Win 7 machines, one desktop and this hp laptop. About the time MS started pushing windows 10, I pulled the HDD’s out of both, replaced them with SSD drives and installed Linux Mint.
Everything I do, which is almost exclusively web browsing, works just as well on Linux as it did with Windows, including wireless connectivity and broadcasting to my TV from the laptop using chromecast.
For what I’m doing, Linux is now just as easy to use as Windows and I couldn’t be happier. Now I know for sure I’m the one that decides which version of the OS I want to run, not MS.
I upgraded to Win 10 on my HTPC, then started dual-booting Mint.
Mint does everything I need. I never boot it into 10 anymore.
The fact that it spies on you constantly is what pushed me over the edge.
Seems a bit overpriced. Prices range from $979 at Amazon.com up to 1599.99.
I have seen other Linux laptops in the $500 range.
what they need to do is offer them with professionally set up “GPU Passthrough” so that they can run windows in a virtual machine on native graphics card so that users can run a VM and run windows programs as well- Linux is fine, but windows still rules as far as gaming and programs go (ie Photoshop, and others)
All of the ‘workarounds’ to get windows software working do not cut it as far as running smoothly liek on windows based machiens-
There needs to be a ‘best of both worlds’ solution, which i think woudl draw larger crowds
Dell has been known to refuse to work with gun related businesses, and at one time had a link to the old “Handgun Control, Inc.” on their website.
Do not trust Dell.
I have been running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on this laptop, an HP ProBook 4540s for nearly 3 years with great results. It has an Intel i5 processor with 8 Gb of memory and an 750 Gb hard drive.
I went to the local computer store and bought the machine with Windoze 7 already installed, I blew it away, reinstalled the Win 7 system with a GPT partition table instead of the usual MBR disklabel and left plenty of room for Linux. That allows me up to 128 partitions instead of the usual 4.
I have the windoze 7, Ubuntu 14.04LTS, CentOS 6, and room for more. I am going to upgrade the CentOS 6 to CentOS 7 soon and add OpenSuse.
Of course, you don’t have to do like I did to get a good Linux machine. You can look at emperorlinux.com, thelinuxlaptop.com, zareason.com, or system76.com, all of whom sell Linux laptops and desktop machines.
I can tell you the Windows 7 rarely gets booted as I use the Ubuntu system most of the time.
No thanks. It’s a hack job. I realize HP is making a play here, but so far it’s a fledgling attempt. Why make your wallet their QA department?
Show us the battery life figures on a Sputnik laptop, HP. Then show benchmarks. Show me its hardware peripheral support. Then show me it’s not going into thermal meltdown when you start taxing its CPU and Video subsystem. That’s the current state of Linux in laptops, unfortunately.
If you don’t want Windows on your notebook and you’re spending more than a comparable MacBook/MacBook Air/MacBook Pro Retina to construct an Ubuntu/Mint laptop using an HP or Dell, you’re a goofchop. Turn around and go the Apple Store and save yourself a boatload of heartache.
i'd be happy if they just produced units without an operating system that will fully support Linux. This way i can do a fresh install of the OS, and not have to worry about what kind of mischief the manufacturer has made with the software. The hardware of course...you pays your money, you places your bet.
I have to think that with all the stuff around windoze pushing unwanted updates and forcing people to upgrade to windoze 10 people are hungry to free themselves from the clutches of Redmond.